Nurrantati, Nurrantāti, Nuṟṟantāti, Nūṟṟantāti: 2 definitions

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Nurrantati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (vaishnavism)

Nuṟṟantāti refers to a genre of Poetry.—Nuṟṟantāti [represents a type of] poem of technically one hundred verses, in veṇpā and kallituṟai metres in an antāti arrangement, where the last syllable or word of the preceding stanza is identical with the first syllable or word of the succeeding one.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Nurrantati in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nūṟṟantāti (நூற்றந்தாதி) noun < நூறு³ [nuru³] + அந்தாதி. [anthathi.] A poem consisting of hundred veṇpā or kali-t-tuṟai in antāti-t-toṭai; அந்தாதித்தொடை யாகப் பாடப்படும் நூறு வெண்பா அல்லது கலித்துறை கொண்ட பிரபந்தவகை. [anthathithodai yagap padappadum nuru venpa allathu kalithurai konda pirapanthavagai.] (இலக்கண விளக்கம் [ilakkana vilakkam] 842.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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